Francia, Peter de
Talk on public art
Royal College of Art Conference, '80's
1980
Fundamental difficulty in what is in fact truly public; modern cities lack focal points; the French describe bridges, viaducts etc. as 'ouvrages d'art' literally 'art works' or 'works of art'; we call them public works; no opportunity for contemplation in modern cities; proposes a mass of public art in one or two towns over a ten year period to ascertain public response to find out more about a visual syntax of a visual language.
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